Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offenses. The Scottish...
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Vice admiralty courts were juryless courts located in British colonies that were granted jurisdiction over local legal matters related to maritime activities...
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rights, and jurisdiction over coastal waters. While admiralty law is adjudicated in national courts, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea...
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Selo, Russia Former Admiralty House, Singapore Admiralty court Admiralty law, also called Maritime Law Amirauté (New France) Admiralty (navy), a governmental...
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The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not...
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The New York Restraining Act 1767 passed on 2 July 1767. The Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768 passed on 8 March 1768. The purposes of the acts were to raise...
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Chancery, the Court of King's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Exchequer, the High Court of Admiralty, the Court of Probate, the Court for Divorce...
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prizes assessed in overseas Vice-Admiralty courts could be reassessed in the Admiralty Court in Britain if the Admiralty appealed the initial valuation...
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The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal...
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The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its...
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Prize (law) (section Admiralty court process)
In admiralty law prizes (from the Old French prise, "taken, seized") are equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most...
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Bench Division under the names of the Admiralty Court, the Commercial Court, and the Technology & Construction Court, and under the Chancery Division's lists...
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King's Bench Division (redirect from Commercial Court (England and Wales))
Specialised courts of the King's Bench Division include the Administrative Court, Technology and Construction Court, Commercial Court, and the Admiralty Court. The...
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New France (section Admiralty court)
The court had a judge (also known as the lieutenant-general of the court) appointed by the French admiralty, a king's attorney, a clerk of court, and...
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provinces, admiralty law jurisdiction was not conferred on them, which continued to be vested in the vice-admiralty courts under the British Vice Admiralty Courts...
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The Admiralty Court Act 1861 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act addresses the jurisdiction and practices of the High Court of Admiralty...
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The Admiralty Court Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 65) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It extended the jurisdiction of the High Court of...
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Criminal Court International Court of Arbitration Administrative court Admiralty court Appellate court Circuit court City court Constitutional court Commercial...
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opposed to common) law in London, namely ecclesiastical and admiralty law. Like the Inns of Court of the common lawyers, the society had buildings with rooms...
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December 2013. Vice-Admiralty Court (1911), p. 107. "No. 17276". The London Gazette. 14 June 1817. p. 1752. Vice-Admiralty Court (1911), p. 101. "No....
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in the second season's story. Transport portal 1913 Sligo Dock strike Admiralty law Battle of Ballantyne Pier (Canada) Dockers Union (disambiguation)...
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the High Court Office of the Marshall of the High Court Office of the Droits of the High Court Vice Admiralty Courts (Home) Vice Admiralty Jurisdictions...
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In admiralty law, barratry is an act of gross misconduct committed by a master or crew of a vessel resulting in damage to the vessel or its cargo. These...
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would not usually disappear from the records for such a long time. No Admiralty court document can be found relating to the pilgrim fathers' voyage of 1620...
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injury. Captured naval prizes were judged before the government's admiralty court for condemnation and transfer of ownership to the privateer. A common...
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Australia. A vice admiralty court is in effect an admiralty court. The word "vice" in the name of the court denoted that the court represented the Lord...
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United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (redirect from Admiralty number)
produces Admiralty charts, providing SOLAS-compliant charts, publications and digital services for ships trading internationally. The Admiralty's first Hydrographer...
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Consignor Principal Owner Seaman Mutiny Stevedore Judiciaries Admiralty court Vice admiralty court International conventions Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules...
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The Defence Council delegates management of the Naval Service to the Admiralty Board, chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence. The Royal Navy operates...
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List of lord high admirals of Scotland (redirect from List of Lord High Admirals and Vice-Admirals of the Royal Scots Admiralty)
Richmond and Lennox. The earliest surviving records of the Scottish High Court of Admiralty date from 1557, convened under the authority of the Earl of Bothwell...
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